Responses

I know a lot of sex-positive feminists that say porn is feminist who would never vote for a Republican. Equally, I know a lot of radical feminists who would never watch porn who are so disappointed by the sexism in the Democratic party that they’re voting for McCain. I figure I put in one thing they disagree with and one thing they *know* to be true and mess with a lot of heads. Just because I do strange stuff like that.

And excerpt from the Stop Porn Culture website
Studies show that after viewing pornography men are more likely to:
1. report decreased empathy for rape victims
2. report believing that a woman who dresses provocatively deserves to be raped
3. report anger at women who flirt but then refuse to have sex
4. report decreased sexual interest in their girlfriends or wives
5. report increased interest in coercing partners into unwanted sex acts

hohl, i’m a long-time listener, first-time caller (etc). like you, i’m a feminist living in australia.

unlike you i am 30-something. gee i wish i was as switched on as you are when i was in high school. or, frankly, now. you really give me hope (at a time when not a lot does).

but i digress – my point is that i am off to share your links with my (also 30-something) friends. maybe then they will finally get what i have been trying to tell them – what i’ve felt in my bones but could never adequately express. fingers crossed.

you mean porn in a magical location where patriarchy has been eradicated? 😛

No. 😛

But that’s the reason why feminists who wanted to make feminist porn started their own production companies and made their own movies, because of the patriarchal bullshit in mainstream porn. We’ve always managed to work within and outside systems we disagreed with, otherwise we’d never get our books published either. Movies, music, porn, they’re no different. At least, in my opinion.

I agree–there are some people who seem to think that everything a feminist chooses to do is somehow a feminist act, and this is just not true. Although I have to partially agree with whatsername, that pornography can be made that is at the very least not ANTI-feminist.

By: crankosaur on July 5, 2008 at 1:30 pm

I don’t know about this mystical porn y’all are talking about (and I don’t really want to know). At least I know you guys aren’t voting for John McSame.